It is now the end of another very successful EduGeek conference in Preston. I am going to summarise the event below and also go through some of the ‘social’ area’s of the evening get together. 🙂 The Journey Inbound to Preston actually went very quickly after a fellow EduGeek joined the train at Crewe Train…

Assigning users permissions to access to azure active directory SaaS Applications can be quite a mundane task especially if you haven’t purchased Azure Active Directory Premium which would enable you to assign permissions to a group which i would honestly recommend as a long term sustainable solution for this but if you have a requirement…

In this article I am going to walkthrough how to configure your internal certificate authority (Windows Active Directory Certificate Services) in order to allow you to use smartcard authentication on your windows active directory domain. Introduction The need for security and enhanced privacy is increasing as electronic forms of identification replace face-to-face and paper-based ones….

Are you finding it irritating having to keep logging out of your Office 365 Administration Portal to login to Windows Azure Management Portal or visa versa? Surely it would be easier to use the same identity right? well… I am going to go through steps to show you how to do this and hopefully make…

I have been meaning to post this up for sometime now but just have not got around to it and with the new version of Office 365 going live and the fact we are now seeing quite a few organizations adopting Microsoft Cloud Services with SSO I thought this would be an ideal time to…

Article Update: Customers are encourage to manage there Azure Active Directory using the new management portal which has no requirement for you to have an Azure Consumption Based Subscription to access the AAD Blade. You can access the new blade using the Link in the Office 365 Admin Portal which has been updated or via this…

It is becoming more common now for Microsoft Lync 2010 Enterprise Voice to replace traditional PBX Telephone Systems. IT Managers generally choose not to deploy Desktop Phones when doing this and provide employees with HD Grade Headsets but they appreciate that many employees / job roles require a desktop handset. The Polycom CX Range are…

Another Year, Another EduGeek Conference with a great turn out as always. This year EduGeek decided to re-brand the conferences with a name ‘EDIT’ as oppose to just calling it the ‘EduGeek Conference followed by the Year’. I had the pleasure of being able to attend again this year and although I could only stay…

If you are a member of the Microsoft Virtual Academy you will now be aware of the Tech.Days set out for 2012. Registration for a new-look series of Tech.Days UK training events is now open. With a fresh format for 2012, Microsoft will be bringing more learning and networking sessions to your doorstep,…

Today we present a convenient PowerShell module which allows management of User Assignments to Azure AD SaaS and Web Applications. This can be quite a task for administrators so this may be a great alternative to manual assignment. Assignments can be made to users and groups, however for long term management I would recommend using…